Carapoia is a genus of South American cellar spiders that was first described by M. A. González-Sponga in 1998.[2]

Carapoia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Carapoia
González-Sponga, 1998[1]
Type species
C. paraguaensis
González-Sponga, 1998
Species

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Species

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As of June 2019 it contains forty-five species, found in Guyana, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, and Brazil:[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Carapoia González-Sponga, 1998". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ González-Sponga, M. A. (1998). "Arácnidos de Venezuela. Cuatro nuevos géneros y cuatro nuevas especies de la familia Pholcidae Koch, 1850 (Araneae)". Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales la Salle. 57: 17–31.